Buffalo Grove is a medium-sized village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 42,569 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Buffalo Grove is the 35th largest community in Illinois. Buffalo Grove home prices are not only among the most expensive in Illinois, but Buffalo Grove real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Buffalo Grove is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 89.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Buffalo Grove is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buffalo Grove who work in management occupations (14.49%), computer science and math (14.10%), and business and financial occupations (10.58%). Also of interest is that Buffalo Grove has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Buffalo Grove is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Buffalo Grove really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Buffalo Grove perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. For the size of the village, public transportation in Buffalo Grove is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Buffalo Grove, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.If knowledge is power, Buffalo Grove is a pretty powerful place. 67.15% of the adults in Buffalo Grove have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Buffalo Grove in 2022 was $58,715, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $234,860 for a family of four. Buffalo Grove is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Buffalo Grove home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buffalo Grove residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Buffalo Grove include German, Polish, Russian, Irish, and Italian. Buffalo Grove also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 35.81%. The most common language spoken in Buffalo Grove is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Spanish.
